Reincarnated in a Fantasy World

12

I rushed Dow the stairs in my night gown. Shoot! I woke up late, Wesley could be here any minute! I bumped into Evan on accident as I reached the last step.

"God morning Veronica..." Evan's jaw dropped slightly. "Who are you?"

Shoot I forgot I took my mask off! "Evan, it's me Veronica! Uh, there's a little something on your face." I pointed to blood that slowly ran down from his nose.

"Ah!" He quickly wipes it. "Where's your uh mask?"

"I'll put it on in a minute, after all, I do not want to be recognized!" I smiled.

I grabbed a piece of bread and slathered some butter on it. I then quickly ran back up stairs to get dressed. I put on some jeans and a white workers t shirt then proceeded to put my hair in a ponytail. I placed my mask on my face and was ready to go. A light knock came at the door from downstairs. I clipped my cape on and rushed back down the stairs.

Wesley stood at the bottom of the stairs grinning from ear to ear. "Ready to go shorty?"

I nodded and followed him out the door. "Be back by dinner!" I called to Evan who gave a thumbs up in response.

Wesley slowed his pace to walk beside me. "So I'm thinking first I show you some food stalls since I haven't had breakfast yet and the we can head to an armor shop since you see pretty interested in combat.

I nodded in approval. I got a good sense of their money system here after watching people exchange copper, silver, and gold. The problem was... if my calculations are correct... I have way too much money. We wandered various food stalls with some delicious food but one caught my eye. A wildly colorful and shiny thing wound its way around a stick. I pointed at it.

"You want that?" Wesley asked.

I nodded my head in response.

"Alright, I'll buy it for you." He smiled slyly.

I didn't see the point in him buying it since I was loaded but... whatever, free food. He handed me the colorful stick and I tentatively licked it. I thought it would be sweet but this was even sweeter than expected! I love it. I always had a major sweet tooth in my old life and I constantly snacked on candy while studying. My longing for candy only grew after I came to this world though since it was so hard to find it. I continued licking it without a problem.

Wesley looked at me confused. "You don't think it's too sweet?"

"Nope, not at all." I replied. "It's delicious!"

We walked around a bit more before Wesley stopped and got a turkey leg from a nearby stall.

"Next up is an armor shop!" Wesley exclaimed. "Onward on our journey!"

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The place Wesley took me was not what I expected. The place looked run down and cheap. I was expecting something a bit not high end. Regardless, I followed him in. Once I actually stepped foot into the shop I abandoned all thoughts of this place being cheap. Just by looking at it, you could tell all the armor was high grade. I looked at the prices... Oh. My. Gosh. This is how much!? I looked back at Wesley and glared, the hatred radiated off me. He just smiled and waved. I still needed armor though... I searched a bit more around the room until I found the bargain bin. I shuffled different chest plates and helmets and moved some unrecognizable stuff until I came across something. A rusty arm guard caught my attention. I picked it up.

"How much for this?" I called to the shop keeper.

"For that?" He looked at me weirdly. "For that you can have for free, all that was donated and that's just a piece of junk."